Press cuttings; items relating to BBC broadcasts, letters to Harold Owen | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Press cuttings; items relating to BBC broadcasts, letters to Harold Owen

Shelfmark

MS. 12282/10

Summary

Includes list of items by Dominic Hibberd, 6 leaves.

Folder 1: includes 2 folders, labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive 6, Items 2-3, 5 (item 4 in nest folder)' and 'Owen Archive 6, Item 4' [Former reference 6:2-5]. Comprises:

Item 2 Times Literary Supplement, 18 Oct 1957. Contains a letter from Harold Owen.

Item 3 copy of Times Literary Supplement, 18 Oct 1957. Contains a letter from Harold Owen.

Item 4 the Roll of Honour from The Sphere, 29 Mar 1919. Includes photograph of Wilfred Owen.

Item 5 press cutting Times Literary Supplement, pp.209-212, 4 May 1946. Includes a note from the editor on Wilfred Owen

Folder 2: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive 6, Items 6-30 (item 9 removed)' [Former reference 6:6-30]. Includes items 6-30 (not including 9). Script of radio broadcast 'Blessed with Gold'; letters to Harold Owen relating to this broadcast, 19 May 1953-18 Dec 1954.

Folder 3: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive 6, Items 31-42' [Former reference 6:31-42]. Includes items 31-42 press cuttings, 2 Jul 1953-29 Aug 1953.

Folder 4: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive 6, Items 44-46, 'Patric Dickinson letters and BBC broadcasts' [Former reference 6:44-46]. Comprises:

Item 44 letter from RG Walford to Harold Owen, 25 Nov 1954

Item 45 script of radio broadcast 'Wilfred Owen' by Patric Dickinson, broadcast 17&18 Aug 1953. Title page and 37 numbered pages

Item 46 first draft script of 45

Item 43 removed.

Folder 5: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive 6, Item 47' [Former reference 6:47]. Comprises 47 certificate confirming Wilfred Owen's appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th battalion of the Manchester Regiment, 8 Jun 1916.

Folder 6: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive 6, Items 48-54a' [Former reference 6:48-54a]. Includes items 48-54a (item 51 missing) press cuttings 20 Dec 1919-Jun 1965; 2 copies of a 4 page TS 'The Main Events and dates in the life of Wilfred Owen'.

Folder 7: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive 6, Items 57-8, 60-87 [Former reference: 6:57-87]. Includes items 57-87 (item 59 missing) letters from Siegfried Sassoon and Edmund Blunden to Harold Owen, 15 Sep 1957-19 Aug 1964.

Items 88 and 89 removed.

Folder 8: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Owen Archive, Items 90-92' [Former reference 6:90-92]. Comprises:

Item 90 press cutting from the Saturday Westminster Gazette, 13 Dec 1919

Item 91 press cutting from the Daily News, 23 Dec 1919

Item 92 booklet entitled 'Silhouettes of Aeroplanes', 1915. 13 leaves.